Marker for corn-planters.



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L. J. LINDSAY.

MARKER FOR CORN PLANTERS.

Patented Apr. l6, I90l.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1900.1

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MARKER FOR CORN PLANTERS.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1900.)

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(In Model.)

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEROY J. LINDSAY, OF SEYMOUR, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. T.

, PHILLIPS, OF SAME PLACE.

MARKER FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,101, dated April16, 1901.

Application filed December 10,1900. Serial No. 39,285. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEROY J. LINDSAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seymour, in the county of Wayne and State of 5 Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Marker for Corn-Planters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to provide an adjustable marker for corn-planters adaptedto be mounted on the runner-frame in such a manner that it will beimmediately in front of the drivers seat and the mechanism for elevatingit and retaining it inoperative and also for reversing it will be withinreach of a person on r the drivers seat, so that it can be readilyraised and held stationary to facilitate turning about at the end of atrip across a field and also readily lowered to mark lines for guidingreturn trips.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter set forth,pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a topView of a corn-planter carriage, showing my invention applied and in itsnormal elevated and inoperative position ready to be lowered and shiftedto the right or left at the will of the driver on the seat located onthe rear portion of the carriage. Fig. 2 is a front view of the carriageand ad: justable marker mounted thereon. Dotted lines indicate theposition of the marker when lowered as required to produce a continuousfurrow in the ground as the carriage is advanced across a field. Fig. 3is a perspective view of one of the metal markers adapted to be fixed toastraight bar pivotally connected with the runner-frame. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail view of the top of the pulley-bearer adapted to be fixedonto the rear end portion of the pole, as shown in Fig. 2.

The letter A designates the pole of the carriage, and B the frontcross-bar of the runner-frame.

O is a pulley-bearer fixed on top of the rear end portion of the pole,and dand d are direction-pulleys mounted in the top of the pulleybearer,as shown, or in any suitable way, as required for directing cords inreverse ways.

H is a straight bar, preferably hard wood,

three times as long as the space between the runners or the spacebetween parallel rows. At each end of the bar is fixed a marker Hadapted to make a continuous furrow in the ground when lowered, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The bar is pivotally connected withthe cross-bar B of the runnerframe by means of straight uprights K,pivoted at their lower ends to the ends of said cross-bar and at theirupper ends to the bar H, preferably by means of eyebolts Z, in such amanner that they can swing alternately right and left in a verticalplane or be retained perpendicular at the pleasure of the operator onthe seat.

A cord m is fixed at its ends to the eyes of the bolts Z and extendedrearward to be detachably and adj ustably connected with ,a hand-lever nor other vertical projection on the carriage-frame, so located that itwill be within reach of the driver on the seat. A ring r, fixed to thecord, can be readilyslipped over the top of the lever n and the doubledportion of the cord in rear of the ring wrapped around the lever asrequired for fastening the rope to the lever, to thereby retain the barH and markers H elevated and inoperative.

To lower the marker, simply free the cord in. from the lever and relaxthe handhold from one part of the doubled portion thereof and pull onthe other part as required to swing the marker into an operativeposition, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It is obvious themarker may be thus thrown to the right or left of the carriage at thewill of the operator and as required to be reversed in turning about ateach end of a field.

Heretofore a straight bar carrying markers on its ends has beenadjust-ably connected with a carriage-frame in rear of the drivers seat;but in no instance has a straight bar carrying markers on its ends beenpivotally connected with a runner-frame and operative mechanism combinedtherewith in front of the drivers seat and within plain sight and reachof a person on the seat, as contemplated by my invention, for thepurpose of facilitating the marking required for planting straight andequidistant rows.

Having thus described the purpose, construction, application, andoperation of my invention, its practical utility will be readilyunderstood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, andwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a markerattachment for corn-planters, a straight bar having fixeddevices on its ends for making furrows in the ground, uprights pivotallyconnected with the bar at equal distances from its ends and alsopivotally connected with the front cross-bar and corner portions of thernnnerframe and means in front of and within reach of the operator onthe seat for retaining said uprights perpendicular and swinging them inreverse Ways in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. A marker attachment for corn-planters comprising a straight bar,devices for opening furrows in the ground fixed to the ends of said bar,uprights pivoted to the front corner portions of the runner-frame andalso pivoted to the said straight bar at equal distances from the endsof the bar, a pulleybearer fixed to the front and center portion of therunner-frame, two direction-pulleys mounted at the top of said bearer, acord fixed at its ends to the straight bar at equal distances from theends of said bar and extended rearward toward a drivers seat on thecarriage in sight of and within reach of a person on the drivers seat,and means for fastening the doubled portion of the cord to a fixedvertical projection on the carriage, all arranged and combined tooperate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

LEROY J. LINDSAY. Witnesses:

A. M. FORD, W. W. ELLIOTT.

